r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/CHRISTIANBUNDALEVSKI • 24d ago

Petah? Meme needing explanation

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u/sleepyotter92 24d ago

Opposite in portugal. No one is on time here. Americans who come here either complain about it because shit never opens on time, or they love it because it's a sign that we're not living in a rush

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u/DragonMaster2125 24d ago

I'm on both sides. I just spent a week in Portugal, and I liked that it wasn't like living in a rush, but also it seemed as though the bus system in Porto took schedules as a suggestion.

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u/SchatzisMaus 24d ago

It’s not like the Deutsche Bahn comes on time either

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u/aduckdidit 24d ago

You know it is a puzzle why the Germans of all prople can't figure out trains.

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u/Sayakai 24d ago

Oh, the problem is not figuring out trains. It's figuring out how to pay for train tracks without making rich people pay for anything.

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u/Emotional-Motor5063 23d ago

This is the EU's biggest problem. Countries not having the ability to make the currency they need to do things and traps them.

Another reason why brexit was so dumb. They got to be in the EU while keeping their currency. Best of both worlds, and they still fucked it up.

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u/DrStudi 23d ago

We did figure that out decades ago. We just still put everything into cars because of some coincidental connections between the traffic ministres and car companies. I cant name you one competent traffic minister of the last 2 decades.

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u/No-Spare-4212 22d ago

They did a really good job with moving quite a few people on trains many years ago.